
Mirrored Blanket Stitch
Mirrored Blanket stitch hand embroidery is one of the decorative variations of the Blanket stitch. The stitches are alternately narrow and widely spaced. This creates a beautiful repetitive pattern.
On the reverse side of the fabric, the row of double straight stitch will be visible.


Other names of the stitch
This stitch is also called the “Up and down blanket stitch” or “Mirrored buttonhole stitch”.
Applications
This beautiful hand embroidery stitch is used for:
- Outlines
- Edges
- Decorative borders
- Surface decorative embroidery


More embroidery stitches from the Blanket stitch family
Read the article “Blanket Stitch And Its Variations” to learn about various options for outlines, filling, decorative borders and edges.
Video tutorial
Watch this video tutorial and learn how to embroider Mirrored Blanket stitch.
What’s next?
Looking for some other stitch? Head to the Stitches and Techniques part of this blog and choose the stitch you want to learn!
